“What we agreed to with [Chiarelli] is that he would see what’s out there. Tim said he would look at whatever Pete brought to us and decide from there. But Pete hasn’t brought anything to us at this point. I guess that could change at any point though.”

I believe TSN’s Darren Dreger and NESN’s James Murphy first reported that Zito had been granted permission to talk to other teams about a potential deal.

Obviously, teams want to make sure that Thomas will be 100 percent healthy after he underwent hip surgery in May and Thomas’ camp wants to know if he’ll get to be a No. 1 goaltender while trying to regain his Vezina Trophy-winning form.

If the Bruins were able to move Thomas, they would be able to allocate the cap space to re-sign a couple more of their free agents and search for an upgrade from elsewhere.

[…] a roster not yet complete, Chiarelli seems to have to put his foot on the accelerator to find Tim Thomas ($5M cap-hit) a new home for this upcoming season, especially with the amount of players he’s […]